Assessment of flood hazard areas at a regional scale using an index-based approach and Analytical Hierarchy Process: Application in Rhodope–Evros region, Greece

The present study introduces a multi-criteria index to assess flood hazard areas in a regional scale. Accordingly, a Flood Hazard Index (FHI) has been defined and a spatial analysis in a GIS environment has been applied for the estimation of its value. The developed methodology processes information...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment Jg. 538; S. 555 - 563
Hauptverfasser:	Kazakis, Nerantzis, Kougias, Ioannis, Patsialis, Thomas
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.12.2015
Schlagworte:	Analytic hierarchy process Analytical Hierarchy Process analytical methods Criteria drainage Flood hazards Flood mapping Flood prone areas Floods geographic information systems GIS analysis Greece Hazard assessment land use Methodology operations research rain intensity Regional Sensitivity analysis MED, Greece Greece Flood prone areas GIS analysis Sensitivity analysis Flood hazards Analytical Hierarchy Process
ISSN:	0048-9697, 1879-1026, 1879-1026
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